The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It is said that Yang Heng had already sailed to the West under the banner of the big shopkeeper of "Hi Claw", Jia Cong also gave him a Western name "hydra", and tied some Western scholars back by the way.Because of the news that a big customer wanted to see "Hi Claw", Jia Cong, Wu Xiaoxi and others were too young to dress up, so they urged Jia She to go out.

Jia Amnesty also found it interesting, so he personally went to the market to choose the clothes of a rich man, which made the children gossip and despise him.Coincidentally, the south suddenly became cold these days, so he dug out the big lynx cat fur that he had brought from Beijing and asked him to wear it. He also brought a simple and elegant hand stove, and the group went to Guangzhou.

Because we made an appointment with the guest in a private room of a restaurant, Jia Amnesty and the others arrived first, all of them holding their breath and concentrating on putting on a show.All of a sudden the buyer came, also wearing a cloak of celestial horse skin, not inferior to Jia She in terms of gorgeousness, raised his eyebrows sullenly and glanced - the people in the two glances met and were all startled.Jia Cong laughed out loud for the first time.The person who came was Huo Sheng, the king of Nan'an County who was still working as a pirate in the south.

Jia She also pointed at him with a smile and said, "So it's this kid, and you still make me dress like a rich man."

Jia Cong distinguished: "It's better than the one you chose yourself."

Huo Sheng also found it funny, and said: "Recently, I heard that there is a Western firearms dealer named Hey Claw who has a very strong background, and has important people in Beijing as his backer. It turns out that it is Mr. She."

Jia Cong said, "Why, Xiao Huo, do you want to buy firearms?"

Huo Sheng glanced at him: "You ask me? Isn't it the map of Japan you gave me?"

Jia Cong said "Wow" twice, and jumped up to him and patted him on the shoulder: "Xiao Huo, we really have a good understanding! I didn't write a single word, you understand my intention?"

Jia Amnesty asked, "What map?"

Jia Cong said: "I sent him a map of Dongying Kingdom, and urged him to fight. Since we want to sell Western firearms, we must have someone to fight for it, right? Otherwise, there are too many things to sell."

Huo Sheng looked at him and said, "So you pushed me to fight because you want to sell Western firearms?"

Jia Cong nodded: "That's right." Nai said sternly, "You see, Xiao Huo, you are young, and it's time to stand out. But you are not only a prince, but also a prince of the opposite sex. It is a bit troublesome to get ahead. After all, What men want is nothing more than fame and money. Japanese Japanese pirates have harassed our borders and killed our people for hundreds of years. If you can dig out their lairs, your fame will last forever."

Huo Sheng glanced at him: "Is it so easy for you to fight a war? Food, grass, weapons and soldiers don't burn money."

Jia Cong grinned: "There are emperors and aristocrats in Dongying. Every country with emperors and aristocrats must have concentrated wealth. Anyway, you have an excellent army in your hands. Fight! Rob! The court has become what it is today, You don’t have to hand over anything you grab to the emperor, it’s all yours! Fame and fortune! By the way, we’ll wipe out the pirates for the common people,” he clapped his hands, “our family can still earn some money from selling firearms, wouldn’t it be four cents? Everything?"

Huo Sheng said: "The Dongying Kingdom looks small, but it has a bit of troops, so it's not that easy to fight."

Jia Cong said: "I didn't let you occupy their land! You can do whatever the Japanese pirates do."

Huo Sheng frowned.

"Our dynasty has always fought with foreigners. Most of them have brought down the country, let the emperor write a letter of surrender, and then retreated back to the dynasty. Not to mention returning the territory to others for nothing, not even war indemnity. Therefore, our dynasty fights All the money spent is spent for nothing, and there is compensation but no gain, and it is called benevolence and righteousness. In fact, it is best to get money in war. We don’t want face and face, just grab it. You only pick the big ones of the royal family The warehouse is moved, and Guanbao will earn a lot of money after a battle." Jia Cong squinted at him and said, "I want to do it quickly! If it's too late, I'll let someone else take it."

Huo Sheng nodded after hearing what he said, and hurriedly asked, "What do you mean?"

Jia Cong said: "The emperor loves face, and the princes love benefits. I am going to instigate all the kings together. You have the royal treasury of foreigners, and I earn money from selling Western firearms. Xiao Huo, they need money more than you. And The more the emperor's family is, the less he cares about the nemesis. You see, those who dig the graves and take the funeral objects of the previous monarchs are all from the emperor's family, and robbing foreigners is nothing."

Huo Sheng smiled: "That's true, since the Tian family has no affection, naturally they don't care about these things." He thought for a while, and then suddenly asked, "Last time I asked Lord Wang to ask sister Ling to marry me, but I don't know why you refused promise."

Jia Amnesty was idly drinking tea and listening, but when he heard this, he sat up straight: "What? Which girl in our family did you ask for marriage?"

Huo Sheng said: "There are only three girls who are similar in age."

Jia She immediately glared at Jia Cong: "Why don't I know?"

Jia Cong hurriedly said: "Father, he is unreliable in this matter!" Yin turned his head and said to Huo Sheng, "Even though my eldest sister is not on your family's famous brand, the matter of being your father and concubine in the mansion is always a certainty, There's no way to erase it. She and my third sister are biological sisters! What's the matter with your son asking her to marry him. "

Huo Sheng wondered, "Why do you care about this? Don't you usually never care?"

Jia Cong said: "Of course I don't care about this, my sister does."

Huo Sheng showed hesitation.But Jia Amnesty yelled: "What's the matter? The big girl hasn't even met your father twice, so she can't be regarded as his person." Jia Cong hurriedly kicked his father from under the table.Huo Sheng naturally noticed it, it was kind of funny.

Next to him, Wu Xiaoxi suddenly smiled and said, "It sounds as if Lord Huo knows my master's character very well. Do you two have such a good relationship? Or is it already known to everyone that he is reckless?"

Huo Sheng said casually: "Uncle Shui said."

Jia Cong and Wu Xiaoxi looked at each other, and the bad idea of ​​keeping things in order was also water-soluble.Jia Cong then said: "Uncle Shui Rong is a little bit dumbfounded. Getting married is not the best way to form an alliance, but making a profit is."

Huo Sheng laughed and said, "He still wants to marry a girl from his family to your eldest nephew in Beijing."

Jia Cong was taken aback: "Lan'er? He was joking! Don't!"

Huo Shengqi said: "There is nothing wrong with his daughter, I think this family is pretty good."

Jia Cong stretched out a finger: "First, my second uncle is incompetent, superficial, and a person who likes to pretend to be powerful. He will be happy when he is next to the prince, even if it is a prince with a different surname. We The family has finally calmed down a bit. I don't want to attract his strange ambitions and cause trouble. Brother Huan has worked hard enough. Second, our Lan'er is an honest child, and he definitely can't marry a princess or princess. He will suffer a loss .Our family is people-oriented when it comes to getting married. If you like it, you will get married. If you don’t like it, men marry at a lower rate than women."

Hearing this, Huo Sheng looked up at him for a while, then smiled and said, "Do you like anything?"

Jia Cong felt a chill run down his spine, and said seriously, "Don't make plans with me, it won't happen."

Huo Sheng sighed, "I know it won't work, but it's just a waste of time."

Jia Cong snorted, "It's good to know."

Huo Sheng sighed again: "There is a little aunt in my family who is not married yet, and my grandmother writes to me every day urging me to help find a suitable family."

Jia Cong had already received a letter from Beijing, knowing that his grandmother's favorite son-in-law was going to marry Xue Baochai, so he couldn't help laughing and said, "Your family is rich and famous anyway, so you should recruit a smarter scholar. Next year's imperial examination will probably be postponed. Is it a big deal to catch a son-in-law next year?"

Huo Sheng shook his head: "After the next year, she will be old."

But Jia Cong suddenly remembered something, and said "Hey": "I remember someone said in the early years that the two sons-in-law of Li Guogong Liu's family were all under the list to catch their sons-in-law."

Huo Sheng said: "Yes!"

Jia Cong said: "The four kings and eight princes are all old ministers of the former emperor, and they all have money. When Fang Xiong was in Beijing that day, he raided many princes' mansions, but he did not touch the four princes. Among the eight princes, except our family, there is no money. It is incompetent to have good relatives, and five of the remaining six families were copied, leaving only Li Guogong Liu's family unmoved. A nobleman came out of Shanguo's mansion, but that nobleman only raised a princess, but he didn't stay."

Huo Sheng said: "Perhaps someone from the Liu family has contacts with Fang Xiong."

Jia Cong said: "The Liu family has long since fallen. No one with the surname Liu is useful, only two son-in-laws are left to support the facade." He frowned and said, "When Fang Xiong was there, the rich families in the capital were their treasuries. .Since he was found by the princes, the Liu family must have taken refuge in some prince. Otherwise, there will be no eggs under the nest, so why should they let their family go?"

Huo Sheng said with a smile: "If you follow this, the Ningguo Mansion is probably not because of having a good relative. Jia Zhen has been in contact with the Sixth Prince for many years, and everyone in Beijing knows everything that should be known."

Jia Cong was taken aback, then curled his lips and said, "You're right."

Huo Sheng said: "Fang Xiong is pretty good, he only robbed money and never moved people."

Jia Cong sneered: "How many talents do these families have? Hey, that's right..." He looked at Huo Sheng, "He doesn't move your family because you have soldiers in your hands; why don't you move the other three princes? "

Huo Sheng said calmly: "I don't know about this. I just guessed a little, it's about the same as the Liguo Mansion."

Jia Cong said strangely: "People say that the four kings and eight princes are the four kings and eight princes. Why do the four princes hook up with the princes more and the eight princes less?"

Huo Sheng said: "The king of the opposite sex is also a king, and he is more intrusive than the prince. Bagong can still hope that Situ Wannian will show his noble hand for the sake of the first emperor, but the four kings have no way out."

Jia Cong thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "That makes sense. Xiao Huo, why do I think you have improved a lot compared to what you were able to do in Beijing?"

Huo Sheng said indifferently: "There is no one in Beijing to educate you."

Jia Cong blinked, and then glanced at Wu Xiaoxi, both of them had look in their eyes.It can be seen how wise Huo Sheng's grandfather was!Their family's foundation is probably in the south. Apart from property, even talents in Beijing are just empty shells.Huo Sheng definitely won't be returning to Beijing for a while.

They stopped chatting, and Jia Cong and Huo Sheng talked about the current Tokugawa shogunate system in Dongying Kingdom, and which cities he heard were bigger and had more wealthy nobles.Huo Sheng has also stayed in the navy for so many days, and he has heard about the Dongpu incident.After Jia Cong retreated, Wu Xiaoxi came forward to negotiate a deal with Huo Sheng.

Coming out of the restaurant, Jia Amnesty and Wu Xiaoxi whispered at the same time: "He said about Lan'er on purpose!" "He said about Shui Rong on purpose!"

Jia Cong didn't understand this time, and was taken aback.

Jia She said with a snort: "He wanted to marry Sanya, but we rejected it clearly, and the meaning was clear and the reason was clear. This kind of marriage must not be possible. This kid also dragged Shui Rong into the water. Shui Rong, the little fox, knows you It is obvious that he has guessed the temperament of the second child. He deliberately leaked the word to us, so that we can be on guard."

Jia Cong let out a "wow": "Then hurry up and send a message to Brother Huan!" Fortunately, they are in Guangzhou, and it is not once or twice to send private messages through Wang Ziteng's military newspaper.After a while, he said again, "Shui Rong took good care of him, but he changed hands to spoil Shui Rong."

Wu Xiaoxi said: "This is not a bad thing about Shui Rong. Just think about it, according to the temperament of the third young general and the third master Huan, if Mr. Lan was calculated by Shui Rong for such a big matter, how can you not blame him?" ?”

Jia Cong said: "It's not a complaint, I'll spoil it for him. It's just that it's hard to avoid being ugly."

Xiaoxi nodded and said: "In my opinion, Huo Sheng knows us people's temperament better than Shui Rong. Shui Rong probably underestimated Mr. Huan. No wonder, he usually looks really serious."

The three of them discussed casually, got on their horses, and headed for the Governor's Mansion of Guangdong and Guangxi.

At this moment, Wang Ziteng thought that Yuan Chun was going to get married, so he happily ordered people to prepare all kinds of dowry for her.Jia Amnesty pretended to be confused and pretended to discuss with him.Jia Cong saw how happy the two old men were, and couldn't bear to tell them the truth.It's no wonder that Yuan Chun's current age is already an old leftover woman. It was a common concern between the two of them, but suddenly they found a good son-in-law, which made the parents happy.

After much deliberation, he finally took advantage of the opportunity to invite Jia She to a secluded place, and complained: "Father touches porcelain with a wing! It's not sweet to be tied up as a husband and wife."

Jia She immediately said: "What do you know? It's not that he doesn't want to, but he hasn't thought about it. Gong San also said earlier that he used to miss a girl, but because he didn't marry her, she married someone else, and he was aggrieved again. I have never been a womanizer. When I marry your eldest sister, according to her character, temperament and appearance, I will keep them harmonious and beautiful!"

Jia Cong curled his lips and said: "Sure enough, the mouth is two pieces of skin! What he said is correct, but it's not on point." Then he explained the real reason why Gong Kun didn't marry.

After hearing this, Jia Amnesty thought about it for a while, and asked, "How does that woman look now?"

Jia Cong said, "I didn't ask about that."

Jia She glared at him and said, "Don't ask what you should ask! Lan Xiang followed, didn't he? Call and ask."

Then he called Lan Xiang over and asked about the woman's appearance, Lan Xiang said: "I look rather dull. What about her appearance? It's not bad for her age."

Jia Amnesty asked, "Are you watching carefully? How is it compared to Jinjiang?"

Lan Xiang curled his lips and said, "It's far worse than sister Jinjiang! The waist is thick, but the tits are big, and the eyebrows and eyes are just plain to me. I don't deserve to carry shoes for a big girl."

Jia Amnesty turned back to Jia Cong and said, "Needless to say, Gong Kun and her will never get along again."

Jia Cong said: "Not necessarily, he doesn't care about his appearance if he can't keep it clean?"

Jia She sneered, "Don't care about her looks? Back then, that woman must have had outstanding looks among them, otherwise Gong Yizhi was determined to look down on her. It's just that she can't be outstanding. If she is really beautiful, she will have a bad reputation. Many men are willing to marry her, rather than marrying a widower—what is fame in front of a real beauty? Later, Yi Zhi repeatedly recalled that the woman was only as old as a flower branch, even though she was not as good as the girls in our family You are beautiful, but there must be something attractive. You told him several times that your eldest sister is interested in him. When he saw that woman, he would inevitably compare your eldest sister with her in his heart. What did I say? Which character, temperament, and appearance of Yuan girl is not outstanding? Let's see each other."

Just when Jia Cong was about to say something, he closed his mouth again.

Jia Shennai exhorted: "What you said that day was very good! The two of you have changed, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get along with each other. Gong Kun will definitely say when he comes back that he and that woman have changed forever. Just sigh a few times."

Jia Cong said: "Yizhi is a man, he would not tell such a lie."

Jia She said: "Where is it a lie? In his heart, is he willing to give up on the woman because he dislikes her appearance, or is he willing to let go only after the two of them have changed and no matter how difficult they are to get along with?"

Jia Cong let out an "Aww" and said flatteringly, "Father! You are a psychologist!"

Jia She said with a snort, "What psychologist? Your father was also a romantic man back then, so I haven't seen anything before." Satisfied, he went to find Wang Ziteng to discuss Yuan Chun's marriage.